Shears



J. S. NEOLA July 22, 1952 SHEARS Filed July 29, 1948 INVENTOR. BY fa /v5. 02-040 Arrow/vs ys Patented July 22, 1952 s; v I

UNITED STATES PATENT,

. asoassig V y Jofn stasis; Shaker Heights, Ohio appraise July29,1948,Serial No. 41,346'

rcisnn (c1. 311L229) Y 'Ihisinvention is for an improved formof shearstions laand 2a; Thearms- Land 2 .ncay-be re whichfare especiallyadapted-'fo'riuse in .the' art garded ashandle portions of mypresentdevice; of'dresshaking and the like.

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As is well known to thosewho;arefamiliar with land-21s provided at it foward end wi at ansa the art -to which the present. invention relates,verse'arm: 3 and 4, respectively, of substantial. patterns have beenprovided with .a guide means length and of app o imately h s me exte andfor 'ens'uring'the matching of "the pattern in atpairsof shearing blades5.,5and1. 8 areprovided taching two pieces of cloth together, as forinas integral angular extensions attheendsof the stance in forming aseam in a dress or other gararms 3 and 4, respectively. The arms 3 and4' ment. As an expedient for this purpose, it has are closely arrangedto each other and the blades been common practice to form registeringnotches at the ends thereof are arranged in p ir 6 and in the edges ofthe two pieces of material. which 8 so that upon Operation of the arms 3d 4 are to be joined together, each notch being formed by the handleportions I and 2, there W l be by means of separate angular cuts whichare supeffected a shearing action between the blades of posed to meetexactly at the corner of the notch. each f the p rs of b d s 6 d 7, h OHowever, experience has shown that very often, blades of each of thesetwo pairsare angularly if not almost invariably, because of lack ofcontrol arranged with re p to ch other. when in openfl in handling theconventional shears or scissors, positi so as to be capa le f sh aring na -f the out along one side of the angular notch will ment with thematerial A as the device is operated a be longer than intended, with theresult that it so y me of th handle portions I a d 2 throu h will benecessary then to make a deeper notch the intermediate arms 3 and 4; andthe blades than was intended, with consequent lack of preof each pair 5.6 and 1, 8 extend inwardly and cision and also waste of material.forwardly in such manner as to terminate in their Accordingly. theobject of my presentinvention shearing a ti n at the S m Point d r by isto devise a pair of shears which are adapted to .5 p duc at 016311 nmplete out. As indicated make the two angularly disposed cuts along thein the present form of illustration, the outer sides of a notchsimultaneously so as to thereby blades 5 and 1 y b fermed integrally W te ensure accuracy and also save time and material arm 3 as an outerclosed triangle, and the inner in the matching of the pattern in the twopieces blades 6 and 8 may be f rmed in rally with the of material to bejoined together. i arm 4 as an inner closed triangle. By having theAnother object is to devise such a pair of shears blades 6 and 8arranged for operative engagement with means for limiting the extent ofthe cutting Within the outer blades 5 and I, a d by having so as tothereby ensure formation of a notch of the outer point of the blades 6and 8 capable of proper depth, as a guide means in the method effectiveoperative engagement within the inner above referred to. corner formedby the outer blades 5 and 1, there other objects will appear from thefollowing 'is provided means of perfecting the cutting or descriptionand claim when considered together shearing action at the very corner ofthe angular with the accompanying drawing. notch.

Fig, 1 is a top plan view of a pair of shears Also, as ameans oflimiting the extent to which embodying my present invention; 40 theshearing blades mayenter the material A in Fig. 2 is a side elevationthereof in closed posiwhich the notch isto be formed. I have providedtion; a stop means 9 which extends at right angle to Fig. 3 is a sideelevation thereof in open posiand engages the edge of the material A inactual tion; use of the device. In this way, it is readily possible Fig.4 is a partial view taken on line 4-4 of to cut a notch of a desireddepth and to ensure Fig. 1; against cutting beyond the point intended.It will Fig. 5 is a view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4; and be understoodthat this stop means 9 is adapted Fig. 6 illustrates the form of notchto be cut. to engage the edge of the material between the It is to beunderstood that the present form of points of engagement of the pairs ofblades 5, 6 disclosure is merely for the purpose of illustration and 1,8 and that the notched-shaped piece A and that there might be devisedvarious modiof the material which is thus engaged by the stop ficationsthereof without departingfrom the spirit means 9, will fall away uponcompletion of the of my invention as herein set forth and claimed.shearing or notching action of my d vice.

The arms I and 2 are pivoted together in scissor- Thus I have devised apair of notching shears like manner and have the finger-engagingporwhich may serve dependably in the cutting of the 4 notches which areto serve as a guide means in extending toward said other arm andpositioned fitting the pattern of the material which is being uponopposite sides of said companion arms and provided with a seam, forinstance, in the art of rearwardly of the other of said transverse armsdress-making and the like. These shears may be so as to provide frontfaces adapted for transmade and sold at a reasonable price and will 5verse engagement by the edge of the material, prove a decidedimprovement over the old pracwhich is to be sheared, for limiting themaximum tice with respect to the finished work as well as extend of theshearing engagement of the shearsaving of time and material. ing bladeswith the material, whereby there may What I d d g A h v be produced anotch of predetermined maximum Notchingls' rseompfrifsing a1eoirifpariioii; 10 depth}? 5 I; armspivotally"'conected*together'1n'scissors-llke* L manner and with afinger-engaging portion at the, rear end of each of said arms, each ofsaid arms being provided at its forward end and at a sub stantialdistance forward of the point of said pivotal connection therebetweenwith *tr'a'fi verse arm extending in both directionsthere fronnREFERENCES CITED iihe following references are of record in the flle ofthis patent:

T'JfiiTED STATES PATENTS said transverse arms being arranged in clo hNumber Name Date proximity to each other and being provided-at 13955312:Nakashlla? 1889 ite ends with pairs of shearing blades 20 893,669 SteelJuly 21, 1908 'neularlyrforvlardiv' d a d y so? 4.???93 ;.;M?..*. 1 1 eMYw u '9r rs or -"tiaaes wur together iormziw .?22. -P v sa" e: theblades bf ea'chpair 2332-439 Cordwe ee 'Q fir 1 9 3 rate to' 'forrnavshapd notchibyzai Cb Date 7 ulation-o'ishair and meansa d one er-s aidtraasv'erse arms and GreatBritain May 2 51:590

